Golden & Azure – Cádiz, Lisbon & Funchal

About this cruise

You won't run out of things to do on a trip this long, but you also won't feel like you have to do any of them. 11 nights from Barcelona on May 17, 2027, visiting Palma de Mallorca, Cádiz, Lisbon, Funchal and Tangier. The pace alternates neatly: port day, sea day, port day, sea day. 5 stops with a breather between each one. 3 countries (Spain, Portugal and Morocco) across the Western Mediterranean, each with its own character. Most ports give you about 10 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Celebrity Xcel launched in 2025, so everything on board is still new. You can tell. 11 nights is long enough to build a routine on board: favourite restaurant, favourite deck chair, favourite people. It starts to feel like a floating village. A spring departure helps too: decent weather and a calmer feel at each port. Good route, good ship, good timing. It all lines up.